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Rank: Member Joined: 11/7/2017 Posts: 186 Location: Nairobi
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Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/4/2009 Posts: 10,641 Location: NAIROBI
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Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/23/2009 Posts: 13,475 Location: nairobi
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Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya Telkom is decent
HF 30,000 ABP 3.49; KQ 414,100 ABP 7.92; MTN 15,750 ABP 6.45
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/7/2017 Posts: 186 Location: Nairobi
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Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya Have learnt that the hard way. I think I now get it why people still Stick with Safaricon, even though they are getting fleeced..
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/7/2012 Posts: 11,901
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Stiffler wrote:Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya Have learnt that the hard way. I think I now get it why people still Stick with Safaricon, even though they are getting fleeced.. Was in Kitui the other day and Airtel's coverage is pathetic, bure kabisa In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/7/2017 Posts: 186 Location: Nairobi
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I think instead of these providers enticing people with Freebies, they should instead invest in their network, to guarantee quality and reliability. Otherwise they will never catch up
The other day I struggled to load credit on my Airtel line for more than 5minutes. And this was within an Urban Centre-Malindi
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya I would want to think it is the other way around. Telkom has the advantage of a previously widely laid out telecommunications network. Maybe the sleeping giant is now woke
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,979
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Mukiri wrote:Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya I would want to think it is the other way around. Telkom has the advantage of a previously widely laid out telecommunications network. Maybe the sleeping giant is now woke Do you ever see those Telkom cables anymore? They are currently being used as cloth lines in the various neighborhoods. The company with the most laid out fibre Optic cable will be King in the communication arena. KPLC - Safaricom "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/7/2017 Posts: 186 Location: Nairobi
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murchr wrote:Mukiri wrote:Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya I would want to think it is the other way around. Telkom has the advantage of a previously widely laid out telecommunications network. Maybe the sleeping giant is now woke Do you ever see those Telkom cables anymore? They are currently being used as cloth lines in the various neighborhoods. The company with the most laid out fibre Optic cable will be King in the communication arena. KPLC - Safaricom True. The Cables came down loong ago, with The death of Telephone Booths. Most people nowadays use them as clothesline
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/7/2017 Posts: 186 Location: Nairobi
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murchr wrote:Mukiri wrote:Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya I would want to think it is the other way around. Telkom has the advantage of a previously widely laid out telecommunications network. Maybe the sleeping giant is now woke Do you ever see those Telkom cables anymore? They are currently being used as cloth lines in the various neighborhoods. The company with the most laid out fibre Optic cable will be King in the communication arena. KPLC - Safaricom I read a while back that Kplc had set up a subsidiary to tap into Home internet provision. The Story might have died out when Saf leased it's infrastructure. But I think Kplc is really underutilizing it's capacity...m
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/4/2009 Posts: 10,641 Location: NAIROBI
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murchr wrote:Mukiri wrote:Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya I would want to think it is the other way around. Telkom has the advantage of a previously widely laid out telecommunications network. Maybe the sleeping giant is now woke Do you ever see those Telkom cables anymore? They are currently being used as cloth lines in the various neighborhoods. The company with the most laid out fibre Optic cable will be King in the communication arena. KPLC - Safaricom Telkom kenya has the most laid out fiber.They just need brains/minds on how to utilise it Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/4/2009 Posts: 10,641 Location: NAIROBI
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Stiffler wrote:I think instead of these providers enticing people with Freebies, they should instead invest in their network, to guarantee quality and reliability. Otherwise they will never catch up
The other day I struggled to load credit on my Airtel line for more than 5minutes. And this was within an Urban Centre-Malindi Michael Joseph and Bob Collymore once said safaricom doesn't do charity,they are in business. The likes of airtel are doing charity,very cheap data offers but non-existent Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,979
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Ericsson wrote:murchr wrote:Mukiri wrote:Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya I would want to think it is the other way around. Telkom has the advantage of a previously widely laid out telecommunications network. Maybe the sleeping giant is now woke Do you ever see those Telkom cables anymore? They are currently being used as cloth lines in the various neighborhoods. The company with the most laid out fibre Optic cable will be King in the communication arena. KPLC - Safaricom Telkom kenya has the most laid out fiber.They just need brains/minds on how to utilise it Telkom fibre - Light Blue line  "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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Ericsson wrote:murchr wrote:Mukiri wrote:Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya I would want to think it is the other way around. Telkom has the advantage of a previously widely laid out telecommunications network. Maybe the sleeping giant is now woke Do you ever see those Telkom cables anymore? They are currently being used as cloth lines in the various neighborhoods. The company with the most laid out fibre Optic cable will be King in the communication arena. KPLC - Safaricom Telkom kenya has the most laid out fiber.They just need brains/minds on how to utilise it Exactly. It's why I'm wondering why people are still stuck on ancient technology. The brains are now there, a shame that they are foreign
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/4/2009 Posts: 10,641 Location: NAIROBI
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Mukiri wrote:Ericsson wrote:murchr wrote:Mukiri wrote:Ericsson wrote:Stiffler wrote:Do these other network Providers really intend to compete with Safaricon....?!
On Mombasa Road, Airtel 3G barely reaches Athi River. Almost threw my simcard outta the window...
A good chunk of the time spent on Airtel is a guessing game trying to do simple tasks like checking airtime balance.. Crappy user experience
Forget about airtel when you are outside the major towns. Safaricom reigns supreme then followed by Telkom kenya I would want to think it is the other way around. Telkom has the advantage of a previously widely laid out telecommunications network. Maybe the sleeping giant is now woke Do you ever see those Telkom cables anymore? They are currently being used as cloth lines in the various neighborhoods. The company with the most laid out fibre Optic cable will be King in the communication arena. KPLC - Safaricom Telkom kenya has the most laid out fiber.They just need brains/minds on how to utilise it Exactly. It's why I'm wondering why people are still stuck on ancient technology. The brains are now there, a shame that they are foreign Locals wako but they aren't from the right calibre or alignment Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 2/12/2019 Posts: 58
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Maybe some of you knows when 4G will be effective in Kenya ? I am constantly readin in lot of areas of the world it's already working and people even talking about 5G in some big countries, some will pass even that and will go directly to 6G, when will Kenya do ?;)
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/4/2009 Posts: 10,641 Location: NAIROBI
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Metaur wrote:Maybe some of you knows when 4G will be effective in Kenya ? I am constantly readin in lot of areas of the world it's already working and people even talking about 5G in some big countries, some will pass even that and will go directly to 6G, when will Kenya do ?;) 5G will be in kenya from 2022 Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Metaur wrote:Maybe some of you knows when 4G will be effective in Kenya ? I am constantly readin in lot of areas of the world it's already working and people even talking about 5G in some big countries, some will pass even that and will go directly to 6G, when will Kenya do ?;) We have had 4G for quite some time in kenya. Safaricom working on 5G.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/21/2011 Posts: 2,032
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Metaur wrote:Maybe some of you knows when 4G will be effective in Kenya ? I am constantly readin in lot of areas of the world it's already working and people even talking about 5G in some big countries, some will pass even that and will go directly to 6G, when will Kenya do ?;) 4G has been around since 2010 or thereabout...expect 5G to be rolled out from 2020 or thereabout. 6G from 2030...it's a very, very hot race in some labs out there
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